Mummies, Magic and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Multidisciplinary Essays for Rosalie David
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Mummies, Magic and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Multidisciplinary Essays for Rosalie David
By (Author) Campbell Price
Edited by Roger Forshaw
Edited by Andrew Chamberlain
Edited by Paul Nicholson
With Robert Morkot
With Joyce Tyldesley
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
20th February 2018
United Kingdom
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Paperback
516
Width 170mm, Height 240mm
Description
This volume presents the latest research on three of the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation: mummies, magic and medicine. Drawing on recent archaeological fieldwork, new research on human remains, reassessments of ancient texts and modern experimental archaeology, it seeks to answer some of Egyptology's biggest questions. -- .
Reviews
It should be on every amateur and professionals bookshelf, and it is published at an extremely reasonable price in view of the high quality of its academic contents and its production.
Peter A. Clayton, Ancient Egypt, Vol 17, No. 97, Aug/Sept 2016
All in all the volume pays a honorific tribute the remarkable legacy of Professor Rosalie David by fully demonstrates the effectiveness of the multidisciplinary collaboration in Egyptology and the importance of adopting an integrative approach to the Egyptian material culture.
Rogrio Sousa, Lusitania Sacra (Portugal)
Author Bio
Campbell Price is Curator of Egypt and Sudan at Manchester Museum; Roger Forshaw is Lecturer in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at the University of Manchester; Andrew Chamberlain is Professor of Bioarchaeology at the University of Manchester; Paul Nicholson is Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University
